african geography (APAAS)

highlight colors are based on topic: green: climate zones blue: major rivers purple: seas and oceans surrounding Africa yellow: major deserts red: large-scale societies/empires

deserts

most of top of Africa, southwest coast

semiarid

below the Sahara (Sahel)

savanna grasslands

under the Sahel and east central Africa

tropical rainforests

west central Africa

Mediterranean zone

east half of Morocco, tip of Algeria

Niger

Congo

Zambezi

Orange

the Nile

the Red Sea

the Mediterranean Sea

the Atlantic Ocean

Indian Ocean

Sahara

Kalahari

Namib

Egypt

Nubia/Kush/Cush

Aksum

in East Africa

Nok

in West Africa

early West African empires (Sudanic/Sahelian)

Ghana, Mali, Songhai